Restoration work has been completed at Humayun’s Tomb, a 16th-century Unesco World Heritage site in Delhi that inspired other Mughal architecture, including the Taj Mahal.

The restoration, carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in partnership with the Archaeological Survey of India, took six years and involved the removal of one million kilograms (1,000 metric tons) of concrete and thousands of square meters of cement from the tomb, its gateways, pavilions and enclosure, the Aga Khan Trust said.

Many of the Mughal builders’ original designs had been compromised by work carried out last century, the trust said. Monuments adjoining and nearby the tomb have also been restored, it added.

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Wednesday afternoon, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the chief guest at an inauguration ceremony marking the completion of restoration. Sitar player Shujaat Khan will also perform.

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Laborers worked to renovate the Blue Tomb in New Delhi, June. 7.

Unesco says Humayun’s Tomb is of particular cultural significance as it was the first garden-tomb on the Subcontinent and exemplifies the formative stage of Mughal architecture.

Humayun was India’s second Mughal emperor. His widow, Biga Begum, arranged for the tomb to be built in 1569-70, 14 years after his death. Other members of the ruling family were later buried there and the site contains around 150 graves, Unesco says.

“It is the first of a long series of dynastic tombs and innovative in a number of ways, notably by virtue of the fact that it introduced the garden tomb to the Subcontinent,” Unesco said.

The Taj Mahal in Agra was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife, between 1631 and 1648.

“Humayun had travelled widely in the Islamic world, notably in Persia and central Asia, and brought back with him ideas that were applied by the architect of his tomb,” Unesco added.

Here is a video of the restoration work at Humayun’s Tomb.

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